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OUR SCHOOL

Bahia Formosa School is an English-medium, independent school situated in Plettenberg Bay. We offer affordable private schooling, ranging from Grade RR to Grade 8. We are a small school with a family-like environment where we provide excellent teaching and learning for both boys and girls in the community. 

 

Our main focus is the happiness and success of our learners. We continuously strive to support the child as a whole. We are able to offer small classes where individual needs can be accommodated and nurtured. Our school is surrounded by the beautiful nature of Plettenberg Bay, creating a calm, stimulating atmosphere, ideal for effective learning.

Vision

The vision of Bahia Formosa School is to develop the child as a whole.

 

This is achieved through an educational philosophy based on the use of imagination, a sense of truth and responsibility. Our school is a happy, loving environment that promotes holistic learning and playing in harmony with our beautiful environment.

Values

  • Co-operation

  • Honesty

  • Respect

  • Responsibility

  • Kindness

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Mission

Balance

       Supporting emotional, academic and cultural

       development

Accountability

       Fostering leadership opportunities and skills

Harmony

       Respecting your place in the local environment

Imagination

       Bridging dreams and reality

Academia

       Creating curious minds for continuous learning

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Thandi

Assistant Teacher and Mini Cricket Coach

1 Corinthians 13:1

Hobbies: Playing and watching Cricket, music and cooking

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Jessica Coleman

Grade 3 Teacher and Social Media Manager

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Marisa Woolley

Grade 4 Teacher

"There is nothing bigger than the little things"

Hobbies: reading and travelling

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Michelle Slack

Senior Phase Teacher

"Be still and know that I am God" Psalm 46:10

Hobbies: gardening and reading

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Senior Phase Teacher

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Cleaning Staff

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Senior Phase Teacher

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School Secretary, Finance Administrator, Computer and Aftercare Teacher

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Groundsman

Thessalonians 4: 11 - 12

Hobbies: working on cars

OUR STAFF

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Sarie Du Plessis

Principal

This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. Live everyday to the fullest and bring joy to others.

Hobbies: Gardening, reading and camping

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Marisa Le Roux

Grade RR & R Teacher

Each day is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift to Him

- T.D Jakes

Hobbies: reading and walks in nature

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Estelle Mansfield

Grade 1 Teacher

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Dani Durbach

Grade 2 Teacher

Cultivate love and kindness in a child to sow the seeds of compassion. And only then you will build a great civilization, a great nation.

Hobbies: hiking and being in the ocean

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